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WorldTwitch Thailand - Birds and Birding
Interview with Phil Round - Ornithomedia, August 2007 Bird Conservation Society of Thailand White-fronted Scops-Owl - map and report by Stin De Win Peter Ericsson's Photo Galleries Gurney's Pitta rediscovered in Burma (Myanmar). BirdLife International, 3 June 2003. Majestic Flight South. The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 29 October 2002. Raptor migration in southern Thailand. Little-known Oriental Bird: White-eyed River-Martin, by Joe Tobias, OBC Bulletin 31, June 2000
May 2000 Bird Notes by Mike Hunter OBC Bulletin 31 (June 2000): Special Issue on Thailand Cover illustration:
Thailand Trip Report, January-February 2000, by Roger Ahlman
Gurney's Pitta Trip Report, May 1999, by Dion Hobcroft, with May 2000 Update by Mike Hunter Khao Nor Chuchi & Krabi Trip Report (with Malaysia), March-April 2000, by Jon Hornbuckle Save Gurney's Pitta - Latest News (27 July 2002) - OBC An Overview of Recent Conservation Efforts at Khao Nor Chuci, Southern Thailand, August, 1999 Khao Nor Chuchi Lowland Forest Project (Gurney's Pitta) Sam-roi Wetlands Report (Ramsar Center Japan) Khao Yai & Kaeng Krachan Day Trips, September 2000, by Peter Ericsson Birding in Thailand with Peter Ericsson - 2001: Doi Inthanon, Mae Ping, Mae Wong Kaeng Krachan Trip Report, April 2000, by Peter Ericsson Doi Inthanon Trip Report, Jan 2000, by Peter Ericsson Broadbill Photos by Peter Ericsson Photo of Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo by Peter Ericsson Bird Photos by Peter Ericsson - I Bird Photos by Peter Ericsson - II Bird Photos by Peter Ericsson - III Bird Photos by Peter Ericsson - 2001 Three seldom visited birding sites in Northern Thailand, by David Kuehn (1999). Lot Cave, Doi Chiangdao & Ag School. Thailand Trip Report 2001 with photos by Tom Tarrant Southern Thailand, March 2001, by Nick Ransdale Southern Thailand, April 2001, by Graham Talbot Northern Thailand, February 2001, by Barry Cooper & Gail Mackiernan Birds and Other Wildlife Around Chiang Dao, by Jurgen Beckers Where do you want to go birding in Thailand today? Thai National Park Entrance Fees: Non-Thais pay more! 26 July 2000 by Philip D. Round Operation Khao Yai - The David Shepherd Conservation Foundation World Bank Financing Destructive Tourism Projects in Thailand Australian Birder Murdered at Doi Ang Khang, northwest Thailand Phil Round Comments on the Doi Ang Khang Tragedy A Thai dam, a mistake, a debt, by Chainarong Srettachau and Aviva Imhof "Game is up for hungry Thais, Israelis decide." Telegraph, 25 April 2000. "At first, conservationists thought the cause of an alarming decline in Israeli wildlife might be drought, pollution or the destruction of habitat through development. But they now accept that all creatures great and small are disappearing into the bellies of about 20,000 Thai farm labourers . . . . Mr. Sharon said: 'If you want nature conservation, you cannot have Thai workers. . . . .'" Some Recent Highlights:15 December 2000: Phil Round reports that he just returned from a trip to the Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, SE Thailand. He heard both Blue-rumped Pitta and "Siamese" Chestnut-headed Partridge and released one of the latter uninjured from a snare. "Hunting pressure, mainly for wild pigs was very high with pig-snares all over the place. Also the remains (now thankfully deactivated) of gun-traps. (As expected, the first bird feathers, from a shot Red-headed Trogon and a snared Blue Pitta were found less than a kilometer from the nearest forestry station, when we'd only just entered the reserve! But Gaur were still present as judged by droppings and tracks, in spite of all the hunting. I assume the high density of pig tracks (in spite of heavy hunting pressure) is because there are now no tigers left to eat the pigs! My best ever views of Cissa hypoleuca, and a new mammal for me, Dendrogale murina." Phil Round finally succeeded in tape recording White-fronted Scops-Owl, Otus sagittatus, at Kaeng Krachan National Park. He describes the voice as "a deep soft drumming, up to 12 or 13 seconds in duration", which "I can only liken to the strumming of Common Snipe, or what I think is a "gular-fluttering call" of Buffy Fish Owl." See 2000 Thailand Bird Reports, March-June Recent Reports. See Mike Hunter's report for precise stakeout information on Hume's Pheasant and Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo. Jon Hornbuckle found a Barred Eagle-Owl at Khao Nor Chuchi (the Gurney's Pitta site) in April 2000. He reports that forest destruction continues unabated and that local guide Yotin gives the site only 10 more years. Details about a recovering population of about 80 Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus, in Chiang Mai follow the October-December 1999 Thailand Bird Reports. Phil Round reports in KingBird Tours Newsletter 37 that Siamese Firebacks, Lophura diardi, are gradually becoming habituated around park headquarters at Khao Yai National Park with improved protection from hunting. |
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